Salvation, 2

~ Salvation Is Past Tense ~

Salvation is not a Reward for the Righteous.

It is an available Gift for those who understand their Guilt!

Important Note  ~  Salvation is not only a past reality but an ongoing experience and a future consummation—as we will see in the next posts. 

Salvation (past tense)  ~  “So they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved (not “might be”), you and your household.’  Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.  And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes.  And immediately he and all his family were baptized.  Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household” (Acts 16:31-34). 

“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you” (1 Corinthians 15:1-2a)

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10).

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-10).

Summary  ~  The past tense aspect of salvation is in regard to sin’s penalty.  I have been justified in God’s eyes because of the blood of His Son.  I now have a new position or standing.  I currently possess salvation

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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